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Neck Motion and Motor Control in Chronic Neck Pain and Associations With Clinical Symptoms

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective
Who is being recruted

Neurologic Manifestations+2

+ Pain

+ Signs and Symptoms

From 18 to 67 Years
+8 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.
Observational
Study Start: January 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: January 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate if there is altered motor control of head and neck in chronic neck pain patients compared with healthy persons. In addition, associations between neck pain, motor control, disability and function, and clinical symptoms will be studied in patients following physiotherapy treatment in primary health care.

Official TitleNeck Motion and Motor Control in Chronic Neck Pain and Associations With Clinical Symptoms
NCT01778036
Principal SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Last updated: January 27, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

84 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 67 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Neurologic ManifestationsPainSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsNeck Pain

Criteria

3 inclusion criteria required to participate
Idiopathic neck pain with duration >2 weeks
Normal or corrected vision
Pain at or above 3 on Numeric Rating Scale, with "low pain" defined as 3-4 and "high pain" as 5 or higher.
5 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Systemic or diagnosed chronic disease, including diabetes, stroke and neurological diseases, that may influence motor control and neck pain or ability to perform tests
positive spurling test for neurological radiating arm pain
pregnancy
whiplash
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Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Study Objectives

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 2 locations

Suspended

University of Oslo

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Suspended

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway
Completed2 Study Centers